The verdict in the case against Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan's son Bakhtiar Alam Rony, who allegedly gunned down and killed two people in the capital's Eskaton area, was deferred yesterday.

Judge Md Al Mamun of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court-1 of Dhaka withdrew the decision to deliver the verdict, scheduled for yesterday, to hear further arguments in the case.

The judge also set June 4 for re-hearing arguments in the case.

In the order, the judge said the case was shifted to the court for its disposal before delivery of judgment after his preceding judge had heard arguments from both the prosecution and the defence. Therefore, arguments in the case need to be heard by the court again.

Earlier in the day, the lone accused, Rony, was taken to the court from jail for the judgment that was scheduled for yesterday. 

On April 10, after hearing arguments from the prosecution and the defence, the same court set the date for the delivery of the verdict on May 8.

During the trial, the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka recorded statements of 23 prosecution witnesses including that of the complainant of the case.

On July 21, 2015, detectives pressed murder charges against Rony and cleared Rony's driver from the charges. The court framed charges against Rony on March 6 in 2016.

According to the charge sheet, a drunken Rony indiscriminately fired gunshots from inside his car in Dilu Road area of New Eskaton in Dhaka on April 13, 2015.

Rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and auto-rickshaw driver Yakub were both injured in the incident. Hakim succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 15. Yakub also died on April 23.

Hakim's mother Monowara Begum filed the murder case on April 15, 2015.

On July 2, 2015, a Dhaka court sent Rony to jail after rejecting his bail petition.

Rony's two friends, who were inside the car during the shooting, gave judicial statements before magistrates narrating how Rony had shot dead the two individuals.